Category: Community Notices

Semi jackknife causes road closure on M-179 (129th)

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Challenging weather conditions Wednesday morning caused a semi-truck trailer to jackknife on M-179 (129th Avenue) between Gun Lake and Bradley. The road was closed between 8th Street and 6th Street for a couple of hours for authorities to clear the scene of the crash. Meanwhile, local school districts were shutting...
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City recycling day remains at every other Tuesday

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The curbside recycling program in the City of Wayland will be back in force on every other Tuesday after the end of this week. Republic apparently sent residents the wrong calendar by mistake. So local recycle days will be on Tuesdays for the City of Wayland, and a new calendar...
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Martin High School-Middle School principal selected

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Tyler Whitcomb Martin Schools Supt. Brooke Ballee-Stone has announced the appointment of Tyler Whitcomb as principal of Martin Middle School and High School. Whitcomb came to the district last fall as athletic director/interim principal, succeeding the retired Robert VandenBerg. He succeeds Brad Coon, who was hired two years ago as...
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Middle School welcomes new counselor Jeff Poelstra

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Jeff Poelstra has been hired as the new counselor at Wayland Middle School, beginning this month. Jeff Poelstra Previously a counselor at Kenowa Hills High School, he earned his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University, where he majored in special education, emotionally impaired, and social studies. He received his master's...
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First official Omicron variant identified in county

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has notified the Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) that the Omicron variant has been identified in an Allegan County resident. Angelique Joynes A case investigation determined the resident, who was vaccinated and received a booster dose, had traveled internationally. The resident...
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Case of missing 7-year-old girl has a happy ending

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Area public safety agencies were on alert Friday evening and a search party was organized to locate a missing 7-year-old girl, who eventually was found safe. hn Wayland City Police Chief Mark Garnsey posted on Facebook, "For a couple hours we thought we had a lost 7-year-old who left the...
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County’s Covid death toll increases by 11 in last week

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Eleven more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported over the last week in Allegan County, bringing the cumulative total to 268 since the pandemic began in March 2020. A total of 25 Covid deaths have been reported in the county over the last two weeks. The rate of positivity in testing...
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Car stolen in Wayland was in shooting, robbery later

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The 2017 black Lincoln MKC reported stolen between midnight and 4 a.m. Dec. 16 in the 300 block of Hickory Drive in Wayland subsequently was involved in a shooting and an armed robbery elsewhere. City police officer Mark Riemersma today asked if anyone has any information about the theft to...
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Former area man pleads no contest to 1989 murder

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Dennis Bowman Dennis Bowman, 72, formerly of Monterey Township, pleaded no contest Wednesday morning in Allegan County Circuit Court to the second degree murder his adopted daughter in 1989. His no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but he is not contesting the charges and the case is treated...
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Swift retaliation: Use of parking lot now verboten

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Michelle Heim Northrop posted on Facebook today, "Just so you Wayland people know... this is the drive/lot behind the City Hall, Baugh's, Brushed On Main and Aqua In Vino (the owner of Aqua In Vino owns it). It's no longer leased by the city, so the owner closed it off....
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